History Characters / RickAndMortyMortySmith

** Rick mentions Morty having this tendency in the episode "Look Who's Purging Now", which Morty dismisses. Later in the episode, a villager kicks Morty and Rick out of his house after Morty gives him the writing criticism he asked for, and Morty remorselessly kills him. When Rick's PowerArmor appears, Morty mercilessly kills scores of other villagers, many of who were just hiding. Rick tries to play this off as a chemical in a candy bar they ate earlier -- but it no longer has the chemical.

*** First was with Fart. He tried to help Fart get home over spending a good time at Blips and Chitz with Rick. In their effort of saving him, Rick, Morty, and Fart had caused countless deaths of many Gear people, both of authorities chasing them and innocent bystanders. By the end when Fart was a portal way from home, with the intention to bring his kind to purge all carbon-based lifeform for being so dangerous, Morty had no choice but to kill him off, rendering all their efforts, deaths of the Gear people and the sacrifice of a fun day at an intergalactic arcade moot.

Rick's good-hearted and impressionable grandson who falls victim to playing the role of his sidekick. Morty is a young high school student who has trouble fitting in, especially given the circumstances he faces at home. He likely has a disability of sorts, and has trouble keeping up with the other kids in class, but he is proven to be pretty badass outside of school as Rick's side. He also has plenty of HiddenDepths, frequently proving himself to perhaps be the only one who has any skills in making heads and tails of the madness and chaos Rick tends to generate around him.

!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Keisuke Chiba (Japanese, TV series), Ryunosuke Yamaguchi (Japanese, ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy''), Miguel Ángel Ruiz (Latin American Spanish, TV series), Creator/MoisesIvanMora (Latin American Spanish, ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'')

[[Characters/RickAndMortyTheSmithSanchezFamily The Smith-Sanchez Family]] ([[Characters/RickAndMortyRickSanchez Rick Sanchez]] | '''Morty Smith''' ) | [[Characters/RickAndMortySchool School]] | [[Characters/RickAndMortyVariants Rick and Morty Variants]] ([[Characters/RickAndMortyTheCitadel The Citadel]], [[Characters/RickAndMortyEvilMorty Evil Morty]]) | [[Characters/RickAndMortyOthers Others]] | [[Characters/RickAndMortyOneOffCharacters One Off Characters]] | [[Characters/RickAndMortyOni Oni ComicBook]] | Characters/PocketMortys-]]]]]

[[Characters/RickAndMortyTheSmithSanchezFamily The Smith-Sanchez Family]] ([[Characters/RickAndMortyRickSanchez Rick Sanchez]] | '''Morty Smith''' | [[Characters/RickAndMortyJerrySmith Jerry Smith]] | [[Characters/RickAndMortyBethSmith Beth Smith]] | [[Characters/RickAndMortySummerSmith Summer Smith]]) | [[Characters/RickAndMortySchool School]] | [[Characters/RickAndMortyVariants Rick and Morty Variants]] ([[Characters/RickAndMortyTheCitadel The Citadel]], [[Characters/RickAndMortyEvilMorty Evil Morty]]) | [[Characters/RickAndMortyOthers Others]] | [[Characters/RickAndMortyOneOffCharacters One Off Characters]] | [[Characters/RickAndMortyOni Oni ComicBook]] | Characters/PocketMortys-]]]]]

* ExtremelyProtectiveChild: Downplayed but as of Season 5 onward, Morty becomes more proactive about physically helping Rick in combat, instantly jumping to Rick's defense and attacking the president when all three are in turkey form and even attempting to help Rick fight against the Story Lord.

** In a more literal sense, the clip episode "Morty's Mind Blowers" reveals that Rick had a magnet-looking-device that would summon certain objects. After Rick got his zip-tie, Morty used it to summon (and injure) [[HeroesWantRedheads red-haired women]].

* HasAType: Shares Rick's HeroesWantRedheads. His first crush is Jessica, a redhead from his school, and he uses a magnet-looking-thingy to summon (and injure) a mob of redheads in "Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort". He's had other love interests, though, so he's not ''too'' picky.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Morty [[HasAType has a thing]] for redheads, but he's not hyper-focused on that. He's had love/sex interests with brown or black or green hair.

* LikesOlderWomen: Besides [[HeroesWantRedheads redheads]], Morty also has a thing for older and/or taller women.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JustinRoiland (Seasons 1 to 6), Creator/BenSchwartz (Season 7 onwards)

!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Keisuke Chiba (Japanese, TV series), Ryunosuke Yamaguchi (Japanese, ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy''), Eder La Barrera (Latin American Spanish, TV series), Creator/MoisesIvanMora (Latin American Spanish, ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'')

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JustinRoiland (Seasons 1 to 6), Harry Belden (Season 7 onwards)

[[Characters/RickAndMortyTheSmithSanchezFamily The Smith-Sanchez Family]] ([[Characters/RickAndMortyRickSanchez Rick Sanchez]] | '''Morty Smith''' | [[Characters/RickAndMortyJerrySmith Jerry Smith]] | [[Characters/RickAndMortyBethSmith Beth Smith]] | [[Characters/RickAndMortySummerSmith Summer Smith]]) | [[Characters/RickAndMortySchool School]] | [[Characters/RickAndMortyVariants Rick and Morty Variants]] ([[Characters/RickAndMortyTheCitadel The Citadel]], [[Characters/RickAndMortyEvilMorty Evil Morty]]) | [[Characters/RickAndMortyOthers Others]] | [[Characters/RickAndMortyOneOffCharacters One Off Characters]] | [[Characters/RickAndMortyOni Oni ComicBook]]-]]]]]

* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:In a sense, as of Season 3, he's the only remaining member of the original cast. His versions of Summer, Beth and Jerry were left behind in the '[[PersonAsVerb Cronenberged]]' timeline, and are possibly dead after being frozen by the Rick squad that found Morty and Summer in 'The Rickshawnk Redemption' while Rick himself has lost his original body and has [[BodySurf transferred into]] an alternate Rick. Confirmed when his original Jerry, the only one left after Summer and Beth's deaths, is killed by Rick Prime in "Solaricks."]]

* LoserSonOfLoserDad: He seems to take after his father, both physically and mentally. One of the reasons Beth puts up with his adventures with Rick is that she'd rather her father rub off on him than Morty becoming another Jerry.
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], as it been shown that Morty has outshined Jerry in many ways.

[[Characters/RickAndMortyTheSmithSanchezFamily The Smith-Sanchez Family]] ([[Characters/RickAndMortyRickSanchez Rick Sanchez]] | '''Morty Smith''' | [[Characters/RickAndMortyJerrySmith Jerry Smith]] | [[Characters/RickAndMortyBethSmith Beth Smith]] | [[Characters/RickAndMortySummerSmith Summer Smith]]) | [[Characters/RickAndMortySchool School]] | [[Characters/RickAndMortyTheCitadel The Citadel]] ([[Characters/RickAndMortyEvilMorty The President]]) | [[Characters/RickAndMortyOthers Others]] | [[Characters/RickAndMortyOneOffCharacters One Off Characters]] | [[Characters/RickAndMortyOni Oni ComicBook]]-]]]]]

* LastOfHisKind [[spoiler: with Rick Prime dead, Morty is the last non-mutated human from the C-137 Universe]]

* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Morty is younger than Summer, but still proves to be very protective of her because she doesn't realize the scope of Rick's LackOfEmpathy the way he does. Morty is even willing to [[spoiler:pull a gun on Rick]] to try to save Summer's life. It's also likely that the trauma of having to leave the orignal version of his sister (not to mention the rest of their family) behind in a doomed apocalyptic world contributed to Morty's protectiveness of her.

* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Morty is younger than Summer, but still proves to be very protective of her because she doesn't realize the scope of Rick's LackOfEmpathy the way he does. Morty is even willing to [[spoiler:pull a gun on Rick]] to try to save Summer's life. It's also likely that the trauma of having to leave the original version of his sister (not to mention the rest of their family) behind in a doomed apocalyptic world contributed to Morty's protectiveness of her.

-->'''WebVideo/CinemaSins:''' Morty, as always, would be excellent at [=CinemaSins=].

!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Keisuke Chiba (Japanese, TV series), Ryunosuke Yamaguchi (Japanese, ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy''), Eder La Barrera (Latin American Spanish, TV series), Moisés Iván Mora (Latin American Spanish, ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'')

* CoolLoser: Although at first Morty was bullied, later episodes show that Morty generally gets along well with classmates despite his nervous demeanor. This trope is at its high point when he lets go of his "toxic" qualities in "Rest and Ricklaxation" he quickly becomes confident, socially adept, and supremely popular and well-liked by everyone in his school. Even able to charm two very attractive and ''significantly'' older women. Albeit at the cost of his conscience and morality.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JustinRoiland (Seasons 1 to 6)

* AnythingThatMoves: His attraction to Jessica is rather shallow, and he's more than willing to stick it in whoever (or whatever) will let him.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JustinRoiland (Season 1 to 6)

* NiceGuy: Despite his flaws, Morty is a good-natured person who has a strong moral compass.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Morty begins as a morally upright young man who scolds his grandfather into doing the right things. As he continues to become more and more traumatized by his adventures with Rick, Morty's moral compass gradually erodes and he even starts doing Rick-like behaviors. The fifth season's penultimate episode has Rick recognize this and that it's his own fault, so he gently tells Morty they need to spend time apart so they can each become better people.

* TeensAreShort: ''VideoGame/PocketMortys'' says that the average Morty is 5'2", while the main Morty is confirmed to be an inch taller in "Morty's Mind Blowers". There are [[AlwaysABiggerFish taller Morties]], though. But not Evil Morty.

* {{Expy}}: Of Marty [=McFly=] from ''Film/BackToTheFuture''. Even their first names are similar.

[[Characters/RickAndMortyTheSmithSanchezFamily The Smith-Sanchez Family]] ([[Characters/RickAndMortyRickSanchez Rick Sanchez]] | '''Morty Smith''' | [[Characters/RickAndMortyJerrySmith Jerry Smith]] | [[Characters/RickAndMortyBethSmith Beth Smith]]) | [[Characters/RickAndMortySchool School]] | [[Characters/RickAndMortyTheCitadel The Citadel]] ([[Characters/RickAndMortyEvilMorty The President]]) | [[Characters/RickAndMortyOthers Others]] | [[Characters/RickAndMortyOneOffCharacters One Off Characters]] | [[Characters/RickAndMortyOni Oni ComicBook]]-]]]]]